Technetium-99m MDP Demonstration of Heterotopic Ossification in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 11 (1) , 8-9
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198601000-00003
Abstract
The extensive heterotopic bone formation in patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) has been documented previously with radiographs. A case in which a Tc-99m MDP bone scan showed increased uptake at sites well before ossification could be documented radiographically is described. This finding suggests that bone scans would likely be useful to monitor the extent of involvement with FOP and to detect areas of new activity.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: